...one-year contract shortly after acquiring young righty Michael Pineda from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for young power-hitting catcher Jesus Montero.? Relief pitcher Kerry Wood is returning to the Chicago Cubs after agreeing to a $3 million deal...

...League Baseball Amateur Draft. Minnesota had the first pick in the draft and used it to select Josh Maurer, a power-hitting catcher from Cretin High School in St. Paul, Minnesota. Mr. McBride, who signed a letter of intent to play with the...

...series. Powell's power got the Gamecocks started. He came into the season as one of the country's best power-hitting catchers and a surefire high draft pick. But the junior's power numbers were off during the year and he wasn't chosen...

...course, we didn't go get him. We left him out there," the coach said. Landon Powell, South Carolina's power-hitting catcher, didn't expect Taylor to last more than a few innings. "I knew there had to be some pain in his arm every...

...League Baseball Amateur Draft. Minnesota had the first pick in the draft and used it to select Josh Maurer, a power-hitting catcher from Cretin High School in St. Paul, Minnesota. Mr. McBride, who signed a letter of intent to play with the...

...has become a free agent after a stealth move that kept him from being taken in last month's amateur draft. Power-hitting catcher Landon Powell, who led Apex to the state 4-A title last month as a junior, would have been a top prospect...